NEW YORK (Reuters) – Credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service cut its rating on Spanish government debt on Wednesday by three notches to Baa3 from A3, saying the newly approved euro zone plan to help Spain’s banks will increase the country’s debt burden.
Moody’s, which also said it could lower Spain’s rating further, cited the Spanish government’s “very limited” access to international debt markets and the weakness of the national economy.
The rating is on review for possible further downgrades, which could come within the next three months, Moody’s said.
“We will of course also take into account whatever the details are that come out on the size and the terms of the (bank) support package, and also take into account what’s going on in the wider euro zone” in weighing further downgrades, said Kathrin Muehlbronner, a Moody’s analyst in London.
That includes both Sunday’s election in Greece and an upcoming European summit at the end of the month, she said.
A spokeswoman at Spain’s Economy Ministry in Madrid declined to comment.
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